Doug Hesseâ€™s 2005 CCCC plenary address asks â€œwho owns writing?,â€ notingthat ownership comprises both control and responsibility. In revisitingthis question, we consider: what should our discipline aspire to own andhow? Given Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in theDiscipline (WID) programsâ€™ redefinition of the nature of writinginstruction, the promulgation of free-standing writing programs, andnational and institutional change sin liberal arts education, we ask: whatshould writing instruction and writing programs look like in the future?This conference will consider this question with attention to pedagogicalpractices, critical thinking skills, research methodologies in thedisciplines and changes in institutional structures. We invite sessionpapers that respond to these issues.

Please send panel proposals or individual paper abstracts of no more than500 words and a curriculum vita to the address listed below. Panelsshould not have more than four speakers.